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What’s Love Got To Do With It: Angela Bassett On Working Out For 12 Hours & Having No Time To Eat While Playing Tina Turner: “You Had To Be So Focused…” – Deets Inside ( Photo Credit – IMDb ) Angela Bassett worked out for 12 hours and had no time to eat when she played Tina Turner in ‘What’s Love Got to do With It’. The 64-year-old ended up with a best actress Oscar nomination for playing Tina in the harrowing 1993 film, which charted Tina’s brutal years with her abusive husband Ike Turner, who…

Angela Bassett bid an emotional farewell Wednesday to music icon Tina Turner, who helped the actor land her first Oscar nomination in 1994. Hours after news broke that Turner had died after a long illness at age 83, Bassett paid tribute on social media to the “Proud Mary” and “It’s Only Love” hitmaker. “How do we say farewell to a woman who owned her pain and trauma and used it as a means to help change the world?” Bassett wrote on Instagram. “Through her courage in telling her story, her commitment to stay the course in…

Angela Bassett watched Austin Butler prepare for the Best Actor Oscars. The actress spoke about holding his hand in a short essay that was published with a TIME 100 tribute to Butler that was released today. Butler was in contention for the Best Actor award alongside Colin Farrell, Bill Nighy, Paul Mescal, and Brendan Fraser, with the latter ultimately winning. “On Oscar night, with Austin sitting next to me, I understood exactly how he felt when it came time to know if he was going up those stairs to the stage,”…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeAngela Bassett has shared insight into the bond she forged with Austin Butler during the 2023 film awards season. Both Bassett and Butler were in contention for major accolades in recent months, with both taking home Golden Globes for their performances in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever and Elvis, respectively. While repeatedly attending the same ceremonies as one another, the actors…

Welcome to Screen Gab, the newsletter for everyone who fantasizes about jumping, “Quantum Leap”-style, out of this part of the space-time continuum.In Screen Gab No. 76, Caitlin Bassett, who co-stars with Raymond Lee in NBC’s revival of the beloved time-travel series “Quantum Leap,” shares what she’s watching (and re-watching) and who, in all of history, she would like to leap into. Also in this week’s Screen Gab, many more titles to stream this weekend, from an Oscar-nominated documentary about artist Nan Goldin’s…

Photo via Marvel Studios With no new Marvel content on the immediate horizon, it’s the behind the scenes business surrounding the MCU that’s been grabbing all the headlines over the past 24 hours, from Disney getting serious about cracking down on spoilers to Daredevil: Born Again‘s latest casting news inciting widespread fear (that’s hopefully unfounded). Last but not least, the Academy Awards continues to upset not just faithful fans but a certain star who feels the need to fight on his MCU family’s behalf.…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeAngela Bassett was seen comforting Austin Butler just minutes after being snubbed in her own category.In one of the biggest upsets of the night, Bassett was beaten in the Best Supporting Actress category by Jamie Lee Curtis for her role in Everything Everywhere All at Once. Bassett was nominated for her role in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.Find the full list of winners here and all…

When Angela Bassett learned she didn’t win at the 2023 Oscars on Sunday, she didn’t make a scene. There was no fit, there were no tears.Instead, the “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” star kept a blank face and slowly turned her head as fellow nominees applauded winner Jamie Lee Curtis. But some Twitter users felt her subtle reaction made her a “sore loser.”“Bassett is a fantastic actress. A shame she didn’t continue performing tonight and applaud when Jamie Lee won,” wrote Twitter user @SPisacreta. “Everyone wants to win.…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeAngela Bassett was “snubbed” at the Oscars following a surprise win for Jamie Lee Curtis in the Best Supporting Actress category.During the 2023 ceremony, Everything Everywhere All at Once actor Lee Curtis took home the award for Best Supporting Actress, which drew gasps from the crowd due to the fact Bassett was considered the frontrunner. In fact, Curtis was the third favourite…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeAngela Bassett was seen comforting Austin Butler just minutes after being snubbed in her own category.In one of the biggest upsets of the night, Basset was beaten in the Best Supporting Actress category by Jamie Lee Curtis for her role in Everything Everywhere All at Once. Bassett was nominated for her role in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.Find the full list of winners here and all…